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Louis Tomlinson's Career History Pt. 1 and 2 [Post-1D] by notastrwbrysng2

Full credits to notastrwbrysng2 from X/Twitter. Reposting screenshots and texts for archiving purposes.

While I haven't done my own personal deep dive on this topic, I think this particular thread is a very informative and transparent (backed with public articles) + beginner-friendly. Not sure if this has already been shared here before but I thought I'll make this archive post anyway.

I also saw this anon of @twopoppies asking about H & L's solo careers after 1D's hiatus, so this feels like perfect timing to share it here.

I know @hoovesandfloorpaws is also doing a separate big business/industry research soon, so this introductory thread (for Louis, at least) could be a good starting point while waiting.

Note: I will copy-paste the exact texts from the tweets. The words after the cut below are from the linked thread (source). The cited articles per tweet are hyperlinked ('x'). I might replace/combine some screenshots due to Tumblr's limitations, as well as add the links from where they were originally taken.

Again, thank you so much notastrwbrysng2 (Megs) for creating this.

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Part 1: The "missing years" not shown in AOTV

Notice how we didn't get years 2016-early 2019 in AOTV? | x

Questions I wonder about.. Louis as first signed to RCA. THEN it was announced sometime later that he switched to Epic. What happened with the label switch here? | x

"It had previously been reported that Tomlinson would end up at RCA, but when Epic Records president Sylvia Rhone heard Tomlinson’s music — in particular the song “Back To You” featuring Bebe Rexha — she campaigned for the project." Okay, okay..

It sounded at this point like Louis was on track, had songs written, had songs recorded.. Did a charity single in 2017, Just Like You cane out as a single ep.. He chatted in Nov 2017 about releasing an album and touring in 2018! Perfect, right?

....except there were crickets the first half of 2018.

January brought Louis roasting Coachellas 2018 lineup.. Towards the end of Jan, an Ask anything video.. | x

February, he teased Habit lyrics.. we have a photo of him recording All Along... And not much else..

March, The "Miss You" singer won the Best Solo Breakout award, beating out Camila Cabello, and his former One Direction bandmates, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Liam Payne. Oh, so 4 or 5 of them were on the radio simultaneously... | x

April, another Hey, still working on the album…

And May…he left James Grant management.

Synopsis of rest of the year: (X-Factor, a couple awards, signing with WMA). Louis and Dalton Harris stuck it to cowbell and won the season.

2019 rolls around.. Two of Us promo starts and halts in March for a few weeks due to the passing of Fizzy. Louis took some time off (as to be expected) to be with family.

As of this point, Louis had released: Dec 2016: Just Hold On (not backed by an album) 2017: Back To You (no album) 2017: Miss You (no album) 2017: Just Like You (Non-album promo single) 2018: nothing! 2019: Two of Us (unattached at the time)

Yet another label change Feb 2019 now a move to Arista… STILL under S*co/S*ny.

So, 3 years in and NO completed album still? The other unattached but soon to be on the next album Walls were: KMM, We Made It, and DLIBYH with zero promotion, just a director's cut MVs that mirror much of the story Papillon.

Finally, Walls is out in 2020 with it's 4th and final single, and very little promotion.

Flash forward to concerns in 2022/2023 of the same issue: Absolutely NO airplay in his home city and surrounding areas, very little marketing in the US.

(Not much can be found about 2016.)

Coming up next: Exploring WHY Louis has hit roadblocks and how everyone is interconnected

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Part 2: Louis' Role in 1D thru 2016

I highlighted Louis' slow moving career that started with self released singles, two label pickups (one seeming promising!), a bunch of crickets, and some movement again in 2018. To understand what was going on, we have to go back to when the band was first created. This sounds silly, yes, but it is connections that keep continuing to recur this entire time.

First, let's discuss the US market. They did not have any active boybands and record labels saw an opportunity in Brit boybands.

Leading up to January 2020, plans were put into place and discussed by Sony how to cultivate a boyband. Hottest thing in the UK was TXF. Build a boyband, sign them at their first audition in March 2010. This is a crucial link to the UK side of what will occur later on. | x

Louis & Harry both have contract dates March 26, the same day as their initial auditions. The ones on TV are their 3rd/4th. The band was set up ahead of time and played out on the cameras. During their time in the house, Lou is The Leader by week 2 (:50 in).

To reiterate AOTV, Louis has the least amount of vocals, virtually no solos until Midnight Memories. His songwriting skills were a huge asset (after "pissing off a lot of people," according to Savan Kotecha). Savan later told Rolling Stone that LOUIS led their sound forward.

Songwriting, then suddenly music management (NOTE DATE!) became Louis's role. SC began to groom Louis, who consistently fought for the boys behind the scenes, to be his "protege" of sorts and steered him away from a future solo career as early as 2014 and was "given*" an imprint

As we all know, as Louis talked about, the label did not move forward due to micromanagement by SC and S*NY. | x

At this juncture, Louis is now done with the band as of December 2015. He does not have anything lined up but is being courted by.. S*ny head Rob Str*nger. As the article in the OP explains, they wanted him for songwriting &/or music mngmt Louis at...an industry party?

Part 3 & 4 here.

[thegreatest-livefromlondon]

Thanks for tagging me @justthinkingaboutlouis !!!

when did you become a louie?

probably early 2021? like in april I guess

your earliest fandom memory?

i think louis' hands in eleanor's ig story after not seeing him for 3 months....and ofc the euro kmm vs butter fan war

your favourite song? (one off walls and one off fitf)

fearless ( especially the live version with the claps) and sibwaw

your favourite music video?

bty ( he looked hot af)

your favourite gig?

i think afhf 2021 or ltwt dallas

your favourite louis hair?

prince hair, hedgehog , judge louis, tou mv + promo ,his hair right now and ofc 2013 (frat boy) louis

your favourite louis interview?

the one in australia where he dragged the interviewer "you sound pretty interested maybe you should sign up"

suit louis or tanktop louis?

suit louis

favourite louis tattoo?

his finger tattoos and the :) one

favourite louis bodypart? (c'mon we all have one!)

lmao don't wanna expose myself so pass ( the tummy and his biceps)

Please feel free to join in on the fun. I would love to read everyone's fav things.

i think most people on my tl have already done it but if i find somebody who hasn't i'll tag them.

[rhymeswithumbrella]

hi sun!

[elceeu2morrow]

There is a rumor that Louis will see Club Atlético River Plate today, 5.20.22. Here's a picture of Louis wearing their jersey during Kill My Mind promo, 9.19.19.

[flickerpotter]

louis💘

cc a @/1991zip en twitter :))

[leeminholinoing]

walls promo (3/?): louis talking to the fans about kill my mind 

[tommosgun]

Louis: ‘Yeah I ‘ave seen he’s cut his hair. Yeah it suits him, he looks orite, looks good dun’he?’

Host: ‘yeah I think he looks cute.’

Louis: ‘Yeah yeah.’

[16meets18history]

Hits Radio

[moonshinelouis-archive]

hits radio

[twelves]

One way to spice [the interviews] up, just make up some bullshit. It was always more funny if it was about someone's personal life or someone's relationship that actually wasn't in a relationship. [The interviewers] would walk away with a big smile in their face thinking they got the big scoop when actually we'd just been lying.

Louis about making up stories for fun during the 1D interviews

[wellingtondate]

my little collaboration for the promotion of kill my mind

[strangenewfriends]

Interviewer: I wanted to ask you really quickly about Harry’s haircut, I don’t know if you’ve seen the pictures but like legit, you could be him like, you look exactly the same. He’s literally had his hair cut like you, you’re a trendsetter

Louis: You’re the second person who’s said that to me as well, yeah yeah, I’ll be telling him that yeah.

Interviewer: How have you been keeping in touch with the boys recently?

Louis: yeah we all you know, we all text each other, at different moments obviously. I spoke to Liam recently on the phone, I saw Niall at Glastonbury so, and I’ll be sending Harry a text about his hair. So yeah we are all in contact.

--Louis for KMFM

[art-unicorn-2002]

"Kill My Mind"

[louistalkingaboutmusic]

I think for me with songwriting it's a funny one, where I am kind of lucky with the kind of personality type I am. But I can imagine some people—you know, you bounce between different sessions and you have to really... confess, exactly how you feel, and speak about different stories in your life and stuff like that. So, I can imagine sometimes it’s tough to be honest. But, I don't know, I don’t struggle with it, really. That’s all I’ve got, my honesty.

Hot 99.5′s Elizabethany’s podcast - 18 Sept. 2019

[elceeu2morrow]

Some of the Spotify Playlists that Kill My Mind is featured in. Go give it a listen!

Kill My Mind is the first track on Pop Right Now 

Kill My Mind is the first track on Rock/Pop

Further down the list, but Kill My Mind is there on New Music Friday

Further down the list, but Kill My Mind is there on Pop Rock Shot

[dreamings-free]

Louis photographed by Ryan Saradjola 2019